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At first glance, this creature is almost always mistaken for an insect. This video explains why that assumption is incorrect and what the animal actually is. By examining anatomy, movement, and ...

Background Cuscuta, a genus of parasitic plants, poses a threat to global agriculture by infesting a wide variety of economically important crops and facilitating the transmission of plant viruses.

Every year, researchers and people out in nature capture some aspect of animal behavior that’s unusual or unexpected in some way, changing how we understand the natural world. For the first time, ...

Anna Champneys does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

It’s the AI-nimal Kingdom. The internet is becoming inundated with AI-generated wildlife clips, from bizarre interspecies playdates to animal trampoline sessions. While they might be adorable, these ...

When considering the scientists who influenced our understanding of evolution, it’s natural to think of Charles Darwin, Gregor Mendel, Rosalind Franklin, W.D. Hamilton, Barbara McClintock, and Richard ...

MENAHGA, Minn. — Julie Dickie cares for a lot of orphaned babies — and right now they’re really hungry. Eleven spotted fawns all need to be bottle fed with a special formula. Nearby, two young ...